The Wheel of Time

Series · 11 books · 1339-1965

By Ruth Fox Hume, Leonora Hornblow, Nancy Wilson Ross, and more

Books in series

The Story of Albert Schweitzer

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SAME COVER AS STOCK PHOTO SHOWN. SCUFFING EDGE WEAR, STICKER RESIDUE AND SOME DINGS ON COVERS AND SPINE. FORMER LIBRARY BOOK WITH USUAL STAMPS AND MARKINGS. NICE READING COPY.

The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt

1964

For more than 3,000 years, Egypt was a great civilization that thrived along the banks of the Nile River. But when its cities crumbled to dust, Egypt’s culture and the secrets of its hieroglyphic writings were also lost. The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt explains how archaeologists have pieced together their discoveries to slowly reveal the history of Egypt’s people, its pharaohs, and its golden days.

Flying Aces of World War I

1965

"Brave pilots fight air duels in the skies over Europe. In their open cockpit planes the Flying Aces of England, France, the United States, and Belgium engage in mortal combat against Manfred von Richthofen, Germany's famous "Red Baron," and his squadron of fighter planes. These exploits of the great Flying Aces of World War I will live as stories of high courage are told." - back cover

The Sinking of the Bismarck

1962

The Bismark was the greatest warship ever built, with guns so powerful and accurate it could destroy an enemy ship while safely staying outside the line of fire. But the Allies had to sink it…or risk losing the war. William Shirer, famed World War II correspondent and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, captures every suspenseful moment of the perilous mission. Most tragic of all was the loss of the HMS Hood, the British Navy’s star battleship, sunk by the Bismark in just minutes. However, a mixture of luck and new technology—including radar—turned the tide in the Allies’ favor.

Great Men of Medicine

1947

Narrative discussion of how medince's early "great men" became great. Discoveries, research, testing, etc.

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Cleopatra of Egypt

1961

This book is an interpretation of the life of Cleopatra, as pieced together by the author from several sources, including, but not limited to: The Ides of March by Thornton Wilder; Julius Caesar, a play by William Shakespeare; Antony and Cleopatra, a play by William Shakespeare; Caesar and Cleopatra, a play by Bernard Shaw; and Cleopatra, Story of a Queen by Emil Ludwig.

#14

Genghis Khan and the Mongol Horde

1954

Traces the life of the chief of the small Mongol tribe who established a vast empire from Peking to the Black Sea in the twelfth century.

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The Adventures of Ulysses

1959

Recounts the adventures of Ulysses from his encounter with the wild boar through the Trojan War and the odyssey home to Ithaca

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Joan of Arc

1953

In the early 15th century, France was in turmoil. The country had been at war for years, and it had no king. Out of the chaos came Joan of Arc. No one knows how Joan, a poor farm girl, was able to command armies and win battles, but she did all that and more. Some called Joan a heroine. Others called her a witch. But with her determination and unwavering faith, she would go down in history as Saint Joan of Arc.

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Ferdinand Magellan

Master Mariner

1957

When, in the year 1519, Ferdinand Magellan stood on the deck of his flagship, ready to set sail on one of the most daring and adventurous voyages the world has ever known, it was the moment he had dreamed of from the first day he went to sea. He believed that somewhere there must be a passageway-an unknown straight-connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the mysterious sea beyond, and he was determined to find it. He what been refused ships and men by his own King Manuel of Portugal, but the King of Spain had supplied them. Only a few men had faith in the venture, and not even Magellan foresaw the difficulties that were in store for him. For, in addition to the perils of sailing uncharted seas, he found himself faced with villainous plots against against his life instigated by the jealous King of Portugal, and intrigue and treachery at the hands of his own mutinous crew. In Ferdinand Magellan Seymour Gates Pond brings to life the man who named the Pacific Ocean, discovered the straight which bears his name, and, in so doing, proved that the globe could be circumnavigated. It is as much an exciting adventure story as it is the biography of a man with a dream who became one of the world's most fearless and courageous explorers.

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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

A History of Nazi Germany

1960

Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But those 12 years contained some of the most catastrophic events Western civilization has ever known.No other powerful empire ever bequeathed such mountains of evidence about its birth and destruction as the Third Reich. When the bitter war was over, and before the Nazis could destroy their files, the Allied demand for unconditional surrender produced an almost hour-by-hour record of the nightmare empire built by Adolph Hitler. This record included the testimony of Nazi leaders and of concentration camp inmates, the diaries of officials, transcripts of secret conferences, army orders, private letters—all the vast paperwork behind Hitler's drive to conquer the world. The famed foreign correspondent and historian William L. Shirer, who had watched and reported on the Nazis since 1925, spent five and a half years sifting through this massive documentation. The result is a monumental study that has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of one of the most frightening chapters in the history of mankind. This worldwide bestseller has been acclaimed as the definitive book on Nazi Germany; it is a classic work. The accounts of how the United States got involved and how Hitler used Mussolini and Japan are astonishing, and the coverage of the war-from Germany's early successes to her eventual defeat-is must reading

Authors

Harold Albert Lamb was an American historian, screenwriter, short story writer, and novelist. Born in Alpine, New Jersey, he attended Columbia University, where his interest in the peoples and history of Asia began. Lamb built a career with his writing from an early age. He got his start in the pulp magazines, quickly moving to the prestigious Adventure magazine, his primary fiction outlet for nineteen years. In 1927 he wrote a biography of Genghis Khan, and following on its success turned more and more to the writing of non-fiction, penning numerous biographies and popular history books until his death in 1962. The success of Lamb's two volume history of the Crusades led to his discovery by Cecil B. DeMille, who employed Lamb as a technical advisor on a related movie, The Crusades, and used him as a screenwriter on many other DeMille movies thereafter. Lamb spoke French, Latin, Persian, and Arabic, and, by his own account, a smattering of Manchu-Tartar. From Wikipedia

William Lawrence Shirer was an American journalist and historian. He became known for his broadcasts on CBS from the German capital of Berlin through the first year of World War II. Shirer first became famous through his account of those years in his Berlin Diary (published in 1941), but his greatest achievement was his 1960 book, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, originally published by Simon & Schuster. This book of well over 1000 pages is still in print, and is a detailed examination of the Third Reich filled with historical information from German archives captured at the end of the war, along with impressions Shirer gained during his days as a correspondent in Berlin. Later, in 1969, his work The Collapse of the Third Republic drew on his experience spent living and working in France from 1925 to 1933. This work is filled with historical information about the Battle of France from the secret orders and reports of the French High Command and of the commanding generals of the field. Shirer also used the memoirs, journals, and diaries of the prominent British, Italian, Spanish, and French figures in government, Parliament, the Army, and diplomacy.

Gene Gurney

Author · 6 books

Colonel Gene Gurney was a U.S. Air Force officer and a prolific author on many different subjects. Although much of his work was concerned with aviation history, he wrote books on several other topics as well.

Elizabeth Payne

Author · 3 books

Elizabeth Payne grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia and was graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. She worked as a reporter on the St. Petersburg (Florida) Times and Newsweek magazine, and as a reporter, feature writer, and editor on the newspaper PM. Miss Payne has two sons and is married to the novelist and playwright, Jerome Weidman. The family's interest in archaeology and history has taken them on many trips to Europe and the Near East.

Anita Daniel

Author · 1 books